@karangadang.bsky.social
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When he speaks for the U.S., he's generally not talking about the government.
He's saying he will prohibit U.S. businesses from exporting American products, while preventing Americans from buying European products. This isn't a slap at the EU. It's an attack on American businesses and consumers.
He's saying he will prohibit U.S. businesses from exporting American products, while preventing Americans from buying European products. This isn't a slap at the EU. It's an attack on American businesses and consumers.
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Europe if Canada associates closer with the EU
September 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
When he speaks for the U.S., he's generally not talking about the government.
He's saying he will prohibit U.S. businesses from exporting American products, while preventing Americans from buying European products. This isn't a slap at the EU. It's an attack on American businesses and consumers.
He's saying he will prohibit U.S. businesses from exporting American products, while preventing Americans from buying European products. This isn't a slap at the EU. It's an attack on American businesses and consumers.
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Industry leaders are sounding the alarm on AI, begging for Congress to put safeguards on them.
The American People are struggling with an affordability crisis caused by Trump’s stupid tariffs & his reckless war of choice with Iran.
The American People are struggling with an affordability crisis caused by Trump’s stupid tariffs & his reckless war of choice with Iran.
Congress goes home after just 7 workdays since summer break ended — and won’t be back until after midterms
The House of Representatives is heading home a day early, canceling a planned day of session Thursday in a move that will help GOP leadership avoid a vote on whether to impeach Secretary of War Pet…
nypost.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Industry leaders are sounding the alarm on AI, begging for Congress to put safeguards on them.
The American People are struggling with an affordability crisis caused by Trump’s stupid tariffs & his reckless war of choice with Iran.
The American People are struggling with an affordability crisis caused by Trump’s stupid tariffs & his reckless war of choice with Iran.
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You've got to be kidding me. What, exactly, have you accomplished?
September 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
You've got to be kidding me. What, exactly, have you accomplished?
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"If JD Vance really wants to hear of chorus of “thank yous” for Donald Trump, he should go to China..." 🔨
Banger of a piece from @donmoyn.bsky.social on US-China, science, and higher ed. Trump isn’t just killing US dominance in science & technology, he’s handing it to China. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"If JD Vance really wants to hear of chorus of “thank yous” for Donald Trump, he should go to China..." 🔨
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every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
September 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
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macklemore calling kraft's bluff is so good
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
September 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
macklemore calling kraft's bluff is so good
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JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
September 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Conditioning funding based on a recipient’s support or opposition to a particular political candidate or party is a violation of the Hatch Act.
The Office of Special Counsel must investigate the Trump admin's "partisan punishment of American citizens."
The Office of Special Counsel must investigate the Trump admin's "partisan punishment of American citizens."
Trump administration’s politicized federal grant decisions violate the Hatch Act - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The Trump administration’s admitted cancellation of federal grants to states based on their political identity is a Hatch Act violation.
www.citizensforethics.org
September 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Conditioning funding based on a recipient’s support or opposition to a particular political candidate or party is a violation of the Hatch Act.
The Office of Special Counsel must investigate the Trump admin's "partisan punishment of American citizens."
The Office of Special Counsel must investigate the Trump admin's "partisan punishment of American citizens."
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“They’re just gonna send us home, because they don’t want to hold Pete Hegseth accountable.”
@repstansbury.bsky.social says Spineless Speaker Johnson just cancelled votes & sent the house home to stop Republican Rep Thomas Massie’s impeachment of warmonger Hegseth🤔
@repstansbury.bsky.social says Spineless Speaker Johnson just cancelled votes & sent the house home to stop Republican Rep Thomas Massie’s impeachment of warmonger Hegseth🤔
September 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
“They’re just gonna send us home, because they don’t want to hold Pete Hegseth accountable.”
@repstansbury.bsky.social says Spineless Speaker Johnson just cancelled votes & sent the house home to stop Republican Rep Thomas Massie’s impeachment of warmonger Hegseth🤔
@repstansbury.bsky.social says Spineless Speaker Johnson just cancelled votes & sent the house home to stop Republican Rep Thomas Massie’s impeachment of warmonger Hegseth🤔
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NEW: We released a report showing how mass deportations are worsening the affordability crisis for everyone — driving down wages, killing jobs for Americans and noncitizens alike.
It doesn’t have to be this way. A broad path to citizenship would create jobs, lift wages, and help working families.
It doesn’t have to be this way. A broad path to citizenship would create jobs, lift wages, and help working families.
September 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
NEW: We released a report showing how mass deportations are worsening the affordability crisis for everyone — driving down wages, killing jobs for Americans and noncitizens alike.
It doesn’t have to be this way. A broad path to citizenship would create jobs, lift wages, and help working families.
It doesn’t have to be this way. A broad path to citizenship would create jobs, lift wages, and help working families.
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Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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lol I guess impeachment votes have some effect
newrepublic.com/post/215490/...
newrepublic.com/post/215490/...
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
lol I guess impeachment votes have some effect
newrepublic.com/post/215490/...
newrepublic.com/post/215490/...
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WATCH: Europe invites Canada 🇨🇦 to become an “associate member” and increase trade + cooperation, as the world 🌎 continues to move away from Trump and 🇺🇸
A huge, well-deserved slap in the face that will hurt 🇺🇸 businesses going forward. Our enemies are pleased. #ThanksTrump 😕
A huge, well-deserved slap in the face that will hurt 🇺🇸 businesses going forward. Our enemies are pleased. #ThanksTrump 😕
September 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
WATCH: Europe invites Canada 🇨🇦 to become an “associate member” and increase trade + cooperation, as the world 🌎 continues to move away from Trump and 🇺🇸
A huge, well-deserved slap in the face that will hurt 🇺🇸 businesses going forward. Our enemies are pleased. #ThanksTrump 😕
A huge, well-deserved slap in the face that will hurt 🇺🇸 businesses going forward. Our enemies are pleased. #ThanksTrump 😕
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"I wrote the piece and Claude found the links relevant to my claims" is, even without the AI, such an admission of poor thinking and argumentation. your claims should emerge from the evidence!
Less shocking to me was reading this bit at the end, where Erickson - whose entire day-to-day job is just wanking out a bit of punditry once or twice a week - has handed much of that over to AI.
September 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"I wrote the piece and Claude found the links relevant to my claims" is, even without the AI, such an admission of poor thinking and argumentation. your claims should emerge from the evidence!
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As a sociologist, can confidently say, this is not an ethical experiment.
Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
September 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
As a sociologist, can confidently say, this is not an ethical experiment.
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Macklemore is a real case study in how you can be Kind of a Dumb Guy but still end up broadly on the right side of most things merely by being generally quite good-natured, because questions like "should trans people exist?" and "is it bad to do a genocide?" are actually really uncomplicated.
September 16, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Macklemore is a real case study in how you can be Kind of a Dumb Guy but still end up broadly on the right side of most things merely by being generally quite good-natured, because questions like "should trans people exist?" and "is it bad to do a genocide?" are actually really uncomplicated.
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Trump is sending $2.8 BILLION of bombs paid for by YOU, the American taxpayer, to a govt led by a wanted war criminal.
All while Netanyahu keeps bombing Gaza & blocks justice for Americans killed on his watch. How is this America First?
We will work to stop it.
All while Netanyahu keeps bombing Gaza & blocks justice for Americans killed on his watch. How is this America First?
We will work to stop it.
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets up a potential litmus test for Democrats.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Trump is sending $2.8 BILLION of bombs paid for by YOU, the American taxpayer, to a govt led by a wanted war criminal.
All while Netanyahu keeps bombing Gaza & blocks justice for Americans killed on his watch. How is this America First?
We will work to stop it.
All while Netanyahu keeps bombing Gaza & blocks justice for Americans killed on his watch. How is this America First?
We will work to stop it.
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This is astonishing. Needs to be a day one investigation next year.
CASTEN: Trump said 'we're taking in billions and billions from Venezuela.' Who is the 'we'? That suggests flows to US persons
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets
CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons?
BESSENT: No
September 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is astonishing. Needs to be a day one investigation next year.
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“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’”
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
September 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’”
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
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“Federal agents were seen on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him several times in the face while he was face-down on the pavement. The person filming the scene appears to repeatedly yell at the agents that the boys are minors."
www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
September 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“Federal agents were seen on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him several times in the face while he was face-down on the pavement. The person filming the scene appears to repeatedly yell at the agents that the boys are minors."
www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
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He said this.
An adult human actually said this.
An adult human actually said this.
Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
September 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
He said this.
An adult human actually said this.
An adult human actually said this.
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Quite a recent pattern:
- GOP candidate in Fla. marched alongside neo-Nazis
- Husted fires aide over Nazi photo
- Collins fires aide over swastika images
- State Dept hires speechwriter whom DeSantis fired over video with Nazi imagery
- Trump rewards Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a “Nazi streak”
- GOP candidate in Fla. marched alongside neo-Nazis
- Husted fires aide over Nazi photo
- Collins fires aide over swastika images
- State Dept hires speechwriter whom DeSantis fired over video with Nazi imagery
- Trump rewards Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a “Nazi streak”
Republican state legislative candidate marched alongside neo-Nazis, adding to pattern
As a rule, state House candidates’ backgrounds tend not to generate national headlines, but once in a while, there are important exceptions.
www.ms.now
September 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Quite a recent pattern:
- GOP candidate in Fla. marched alongside neo-Nazis
- Husted fires aide over Nazi photo
- Collins fires aide over swastika images
- State Dept hires speechwriter whom DeSantis fired over video with Nazi imagery
- Trump rewards Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a “Nazi streak”
- GOP candidate in Fla. marched alongside neo-Nazis
- Husted fires aide over Nazi photo
- Collins fires aide over swastika images
- State Dept hires speechwriter whom DeSantis fired over video with Nazi imagery
- Trump rewards Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a “Nazi streak”